Metalwave

Energy Storage

Standalone Energy Storage Across ERCOT

MetalWave develops standalone battery storage sites in Texas — applying the same land control, interconnection, and substation capability that supports its powered land platform, together with direct access to the storage equipment supply chain.

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Why MetalWave

Storage is a siting and supply chain business

Capital is not the constraint in Texas storage. Interconnectable land and deliverable equipment are. MetalWave already competes on both — the same land positions, utility relationships, and substation delivery that support large-load development transfer directly to a battery site.

Development Resources

Storage is a siting and interconnection business before it is an equipment business. MetalWave brings Texas land positions, utility relationships, and substation delivery capability that transfer directly from large-load development.

  • Texas land positions and site control
  • Utility coordination across multiple service territories
  • Transmission and distribution interconnection experience
  • Substation, transformer, and switchgear delivery
  • ERCOT siting analysis and nodal positioning
  • Permitting, environmental, and diligence workstreams

Storage Supply Chain

Equipment lead times, not capital, are what move a storage COD. MetalWave sources across the full storage stack to compress the gap between notice to proceed and energization.

  • Battery modules, racks, and enclosures
  • Power conversion systems and inverters
  • Medium-voltage transformers and switchgear
  • EMS, SCADA, and controls integration
  • Thermal management and fire detection / suppression
  • Balance of plant — foundations, cabling, and containers

Development Sequence

From Site to Market

Equipment procurement sits inside the development sequence rather than after it. That ordering is what compresses the gap between notice to proceed and energization.

  1. 1

    Site

    Land control near capacity, with siting screened against ERCOT nodal position, congestion, and interconnection outlook.

  2. 2

    Interconnection

    Utility engagement, study coordination, and the transmission or distribution interface that sets the project schedule.

  3. 3

    Equipment

    Battery, PCS, transformer, and switchgear procurement sequenced against long lead times rather than after them.

  4. 4

    Construction

    Substation, balance of plant, controls integration, commissioning, and energization.

  5. 5

    Market

    Scheduling, settlement, and ERCOT market participation through affiliated energy-market entities.

Storage Supply Chain

Reducing long-lead-time constraints

A storage COD moves when transformers, switchgear, and battery enclosures move. MetalWave sources across the full storage stack so procurement is sequenced against lead times rather than discovered after financial close.

Availability, lead times, pricing, and sourcing routes are established on a project-specific basis. MetalWave does not represent that every category is available on every schedule.

  • Battery Modules & Racks
  • Power Conversion Systems
  • Medium-Voltage Transformers
  • Switchgear & Protection
  • EMS, SCADA & Controls
  • Thermal Management
  • Fire Detection & Suppression
  • Balance of Plant

Configurations

What a site can be developed for

Configuration follows the site, the interconnection, and the counterparty's objective. Each is evaluated on a project-specific basis.

Standalone Front-of-Meter

Grid-connected storage developed on MetalWave-controlled land, interconnected at transmission or distribution and participating in ERCOT.

Co-Located With Large Load

Storage developed alongside a data center or industrial load to support flexibility, firming, and demand response.

Paired With On-Site Generation

Storage combined with natural gas or other on-site generation where the site, gas access, and permitting support it.

Market Participation

Revenue reaches the asset through affiliated entities

A standalone battery only earns through the market it is scheduled into. MetalWave integrates that layer rather than handing the asset to a third party at commissioning.

Capabilities accessed through affiliated entities

  • Energy arbitrage across ERCOT settlement intervals
  • Ancillary services participation
  • Scheduling and settlement
  • Load management and demand flexibility
  • Power-market optimization

Access to REP, LSE, and QSE capabilities is provided through affiliated companies. MetalWave Energy Inc. does not represent that it directly holds REP, LSE, or QSE licenses.

Execution

The same works, a different asset

A battery site is a substation, a transformer, switchgear, a controls package, and an energization — infrastructure MetalWave has already built and operated for large-load projects.

Midland Portfolio
120 MWMidland Portfolio
Childress Project
10 MWChildress Project
Childress Energized
2025Childress Energized

Figures above describe MetalWave’s large-load infrastructure track record. They are not storage capacity and are not presented as an operating storage portfolio.

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Proven execution sequence — Childress

  1. Step 1

    Site & Interconnection

    Site control established and distribution interconnection coordinated with the utility.

  2. Step 2

    Transformer Installation

    13.8 kV distribution infrastructure and transformer installation completed on site.

  3. Step 3

    Equipment Deployment

    Electrical equipment and balance-of-site infrastructure deployed and commissioned.

  4. Step 4

    Energization

    Project energized in 2025.

  5. Step 5

    Operations

    Transitioned to continuous operation and ongoing site management.

Storage Pipeline

Site-level detail on request

MetalWave evaluates storage opportunities across its Texas land and interconnection positions. Project-level capacity, duration, interconnection status, and schedule are released to qualified counterparties rather than published.

Market
ERCOT
State
Texas
Site pipeline
Available upon requestEvaluated across MetalWave land positions
Capacity (MW)
Available upon request
Duration (MWh)
Available upon request
Interconnection status
Available upon request
Target energization
Available upon request
Offtake / tolling structure
Available upon request

No storage capacity is presented as secured, contracted, or operating. Fields marked available upon request are released under an appropriate agreement.

Counterparties

Who this is built for

Storage Developers & IPPs

Interconnectable Texas sites, substation delivery, and equipment sourcing for your own development pipeline.

Infrastructure & Energy Capital

Project-level investment and joint ventures in standalone Texas storage, with development carried by MetalWave.

EPC & Equipment Partners

Joint development, procurement partnerships, and construction on power-ready storage sites.

Data Center & Industrial Load

Storage co-located with your load to support flexibility, firming, and demand response.

Utilities & Offtakers

Sites positioned against system need, with market participation through affiliated entities.

Landowners

Land near capacity evaluated for storage siting alongside MetalWave's existing pipeline.

Have a site, a requirement, or equipment to place?

Tell us the market, capacity, duration, and target energization. We will tell you what is realistically deliverable in ERCOT and on what schedule.

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Energy Storage

Need an Interconnection Before You Need Batteries?

Standalone storage lives or dies on siting and lead times. Tell us your target capacity, duration, and market, and we will map it against MetalWave's Texas land and interconnection positions.

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